The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017
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Hardcover. The existing theories on the evolution of senescence assume that senescence is inevitable in all organisms. However, recent studies have shown that this is not necessarily true. A better understanding of senescence and its underlying mechanisms could have far-reaching consequences for conservation and eco-evolutionary research. This book is the first to offer interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolution of senescence in many species, setting the stage for further developments. It brings together new insights from a wide range of scientific fields and cutting-edge research done on a multitude of different animals (including humans), plants and microbes, giving the reader a complete overview of recent developments and of the controversies currently surrounding the topic. Written by specialists from a variety of disciplines, this book is a valuable source of information for students and researchers interested in ageing and life history traits and populations. Do all organisms senesce? Challenging traditional theories on the evolution of senescence, this book introduces an interdisciplinary perspective, giving a broad overview of new insights and cutting-edge research from many scientific fields. It will be of interest to students and biologists interested in ageing research, life history traits and populations. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life (Hardcover)
- Author
- Richard P. Shefferson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1107078504
- ISBN 13
- 9781107078505
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Owen R. Jones is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, and earned his PhD in 2004 at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. He has published about thirty papers in journals including Nature, Science, Ecology Letters, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. He currently serves as associate editor of Ecology and Evolution and has served as grant reviewer for the European Research Council, the British Ecological Society, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
Roberto Salguero-Gómez is a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Independent Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, an honorary research fellow at the University of Queensland, and a guest visitor of the Max Planck Society. He earned his PhD in 2011 at the University of Pennsylvania and has published around forty papers on life history evolution, population dynamics, ecophysiology, and ageing of plants and animals. He has had extensive editorial experience as associate editor of the Journal of Ecology and Plant Perspectives in Ecology, Evolution and Taxonomy, as well as serving as a guest editor for the Journal of Animal Ecology, and a speciality reviewer for Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution on population dynamics. He has served as a grant reviewer for the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, the Australian Research Council, the French Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council.
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